Howard Announces Swimming & Diving Schedule

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Howard University men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams released its 2016-17 schedule, as announced by head coach Nicholas Askew on Tuesday.

The season will get started on Sept. 10 at 1 p.m. with the annual Bison Swim-A-Thon held on campus at the Burr Gymnasium Pool.

Howard will remain local for the first half of its schedule, hosting its Alumni Meet on Oct. 21 before visiting American (Oct. 28) and George Washington (Oct. 29).

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The program gets into Coastal Collegiate Sports Association (CCSA) action against UMBC on Jan. 7 in Baltimore, Md. Howard heads to the Garden State to take on league foes Drexel, St. Peter’s and NJIT at a quad-meet on Jan. 15.

The Bison will host its final meet of the season when they welcome their neighbor, Catholic University, on Jan. 28, before traveling to Athens, Ga. for the CCSA Championships on Feb. 21-26.

Full schedule listed below:

DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME
9/10/2016 Bison Swim-A-Thon Washington, D.C. 1 p.m.
9/30/2016 Potomac Relay Invitational Washington, D.C. 3 p.m.
10/21/2016 Alumni Meet Washington, D.C. 6 p.m.
10/28/2016 American University Washington, D.C. 6 p.m.
10/29/2016 George Washington Washington, D.C. 1 p.m.
11/4/2016 Mt. St. Mary’s Emmitsburg, Md. 5 p.m.
11/5/2016 Barton College Washington, D.C. 1 p.m.
11/19/2016 Loyola (Md.) Baltimore, Md. 1 p.m.
12/2-3/2016 Yellow Jacket Invitational Ashland, Va. 9 a.m.
1/7/2017 UMBC* Baltimore, Md. 3 p.m.
1/13/2017 Randolph-Macon Washington, D.C. 6 p.m.
1/15/2017 Drexel, NJIT, St. Peter’s* Newark, N.J. 1 p.m.
1/20/2017 Marymount Arlington, Va. 6 p.m.
1/28/2017 Catholic Washington, D.C. 10 a.m.
2/21-26/2017 CCSA Championships Athens, Ga. 10 a.m.

Home Games in Bold

This post originally appeared on HUBison.com.